The huge asteroid, known as Bennu, has a massive diameter of more than 500 metres, and experts believe that even nuclear bombing it will not be enough to save our planet. Research from NASA... Read more

The enormous asteroid, which has been called one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids by scientists, is estimated to be the size of the Empire State Building. The huge space rock has... Read more

Worried scientists say Bennu, which has a diameter of more than 500 metres, would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact – 80,000 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. A US ‘national planeta... Read more

Asteroid Bennu has a diameter of more than 500 metres would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact, 80,000 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. The asteroid weighs around 79 billion kilogra... Read more

Will you be able to see the Aurora Borealis? A solar storm has heightened the Earth’s auroras this week and a minor solar storm is still in effect tonight, which will result in increased mag... Read more

Earlier this year stargazers were treated to a rare phenomenon when a celestial triplet appeared in our skies. A blue moon, supermoon and lunar eclipse all coincided to create the rare ‘Supe... Read more

World reacts to Stephen Hawking’s death Newsweek World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76 – more than 50 years after he was given just two years to live. The celebr... Read more

New fossil analysis of the Jurassic dinobird Archaeopteryx shows the winged-beast would not have been able to fly long distances and would have tired very quickly. Scientists discovered that... Read more

Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Tesla co-architect, said his company is on track to send his Mars-intended rocket on short trips by 2019. SpaceX aims to send a cargo mission to Mars in 2022, the c... Read more

Neil deGrasse Tyson, famed astrophysicist and television host, has confirmed the long held belief Earth is indeed round and not flat. Appearing online in a YouTube video posted on the StarTa... Read more